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Answer for the clue "Humbled ", 6 letters:
abased

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Abased \A*based"\ ([.a]*b[=a]st"), a. Lowered; humbled. (Her.) [F. abaiss['e].] Borne lower than usual, as a fess; also, having the ends of the wings turned downward towards the point of the shield.

Usage examples of abased.

I own that I love that sight: 'tis a pleasure to the littleness of human nature to see great things abased by mimicry.

Khipil abased himself before Shahpesh, and answered, ''Tis even here, O King of the age, where thou delightest the earth with thy foot and the ear of thy slave with sweetness.

And he cried, 'O King of the age, the barber is abased, trodden underfoot, given over to the sneers and the gibes of them that flatter the powerful ones.

Was ever man more tired than he before entering Aklis, he that was in turns abased and beloved and exalted!

Probably we have not abased ourselves for the honour that has befallen us in Shagpat, and the distinction among nations and tribes and races, and creeds and sects, that we enjoy because of Shagpat.

Thereupon lo, the King descended from his throne, and stripped to the loins, flinging away his glittering crown and his robes, and abased himself to the dust with loud cries and importunities and howls, and penitential ejaculations and sobbings.